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Showing posts with label Shawn Maxwell. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Shawn Maxwell. Show all posts

Monday, July 23, 2018

Jazz Shows On Our Radar: Shawn Maxwell’s New Tomorrow Residency at Jazz Showcase Thursday, July 26-Sunday, July 29th

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SHAWN MAXWELL’S NEW TOMORROW
JULY 26, 2018 
8PM & 10PM
$20/$35 VIP PREFERRED SEATING



Shawn Maxwell’s New Tomorrow will be doing a residency at Jazz Showcase, Thursday, July 26-Sunday, July 29. Check the calendar HERE for specifics.


ALL NIGHTS:
SHAWN MAXWELL – ALTO SAX, FLUTE, CLARINET,VIJAY TELLIS NAYAK – PIANO/RHODES
JUNIUS PAUL – BASS & PHIL BEALE – DRUMS
SPECIAL GUESTS
THU JULY 26 – TRUMPETER VICTOR GARCIA
FRI JULY 27 – VOCALIST DEE ALEXANDER & TRUMPETER CHAD MCCULLOUGH

SAT JULY 28 – TRUMPETER COREY WILKES & VIBRAPHONIST STEPHEN LYNERD
SUN JULY 29 – TRUMPETER CHAD MCCULLOUGH

SHAWN MAXWELL’S NEW TOMORROW IS A QUINTET MADE UP OF FIVE OF CHICAGO’S FINEST MUSICIANS. PERFORMING ALL ORIGINAL MATERIAL, THEY SPECIALIZE IN A STYLE OF JAZZ THAT IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED AND BLENDED WITH SEVERAL OTHER MODERN GENRES. FOCUSING ON COMPOSITION JUST AS MUCH AS IMPROVISATION, THEY REVEAL STUNNING MELODIES HIDDEN WITHIN COMPLEX TIME SIGNATURES. THIS NEW APPROACH IN MAXWELL’S WRITING BRINGS A PERFECT BLEND OF COMPOSITION AND IMPROVISATION FOR A NEW DIRECTION IN JAZZ.




Monday, June 1, 2015

Shawn Maxwell’s Alliance at Jazz Showcase 6/11-6/14/15 #Jazz


Chi, IL Live Shows On Our Radar

Chicago’s Shawn Maxwell’s Alliance will be doing a weekend residency at Jazz Showcase, Thursday, June 11-Sunday, June 14 (four nights of shows at 8pm & 10pm, along with a special 4pm matinee on Sunday). Shows are all ages. 


SAXOPHONIST SHAWN MAXWELL ‘ALLIANCE’
All Ages
$20 - $35
Jazz Showcase
806 S. Plymouth Ct. 
Chicago, IL

Click here for more information.



Wednesday, September 17, 2014

INCOMING: Shawn Maxwell's Alliance & William Kurk Enterprise at Mayne Stage #ChiILPicksList

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October 17, 2014 | Show Starts 8:00 pm (7:00 pm DOORS)


As a performer and composer, Shawn Maxwell has established himself as a creative force on the vibrant and diverse Chicago music scene. For more than a decade, he has been leading his own groups with some of the city’s top young talent, and is an accomplished sideman on stage and in the studio.  Shawn has released six albums of all original works: Originals (2005), Originals II (2008), Maxwell’s House (2009), Urban Vigilante (2011), Shawn Maxwell’s Alliance (2014) and Burning Bridges (2014). The last four were released on the Chicago Sessions Label.
Shawn Maxwell’s Alliance started as an experiment; a gathering of friends to play some new music without stereotype or limitation. The resulting debut album, Shawn Maxwell’s Alliance stands as a new approach and direction, adding unusual instrumentation and distinct arrangements to Shawn’s powerful voice. Jazz, Folk, Classical, Pop & Funk are but some of the genres included in the writing for this project.

Members of the group include:
Shawn Maxwell – alto saxophone/flute/clarinet
Casey Fitzpatrick – soprano saxophone
Keri Johnsrud – voice
Mitch Corso – guitar
Stephen Lynerd – vibraphone/percussion
Marc Piane – bass
Stacy McMichael – bass
Meghan Fulton – french horn
Rachel Maxwell – french horn
Paul Townsend – drums

www.shawnmaxwell.com

William Kurk Enterprise


William Kurk has always been passionate about the personal vision of art. An ambassador to the Chicago music scene by virtue of efforts to support fellow artists and the continued pursuit of maintaining original ideas, released five studio albums: 'The Sound: Vol.1' (2004), 'The Sound: Vol. 2' (2007), 'The Sound: Vol. 3' (2009), 'Pop Fusion' (2011), and 'Super Pop Fusion' (2012). Members of the Grammy-award winning band Yellowjackets are featured on the third album: Bob Mintzer and Will Kennedy on the contemporary jazz hit, “Another Day”. William Kurk has also been a host to many events and shows around Chicago, as well as reviewed several indie projects under the alias ‘The Musicianarian’.

Other studio credits outside of his own include: Seal, Melba Moore, Dwele, and Maysa Leak among many others. The William Kurk Enterprise- "LIVE IN CHICAGO" DVD was released in 2011, which is a live concert compilation of Kurk's ensemble performing across Chicago.

Some of the other notable accompaniment work for Kurk includes: Dionne Warwick, Melba Moore, Martha Reeves, Koko Taylor, Stanley Jordan, Kindred The Family Soul, Andre DeShields, Chico DeBarge, Eric Roberson, Frank McComb, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, KRS-ONE, Julie Dexter, and Bill Cosby. Kurk has also been featured by the Chicago Music Association as one of the rising young composers on the scene, and is currently the keyboardist for R&B/Funk legend Steve Arrington. The future will present more music to come from William Kurk, as the latest project will be a tribute album to all the artists that have been an influence to the musical journey. The legacy continues. 


Tickets $20.00



Tuesday, February 18, 2014

INCOMING: Jazz Showcase Weekend With 10 of Chicago's Best Jazz Players

Chi, IL live Shows on our Radar

Local alto saxophonist and composer Shawn Maxwell has an ambitious new project and accompanying album for 2014. Shawn Maxwell’s Alliance features ten of the city’s best jazz players, all of whom will assemble for a weekend of shows at Jazz Showcase, Thursday, Feb. 20 through Sunday, Feb. 23.

Click here for the full show details 





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